BORN HULL 1884. SON OF WILLIAM ALEX PRINGLE & THE LATE EMMA PRINGLE, OF 77 HAWORTH STREET, HULL. SON OF A SHOE DEALER. HE WORKED AS A HULL CORPORATION, TRAM CONDUCTOR. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. EX PRIVATE, 611504, 132ND LABOUR CORPS (PRISON OF WAR SECTION). TRANSFERRED TO THE 23RD TYNESIDE SCOTS. AWARDED THE MILITARY MEDAL FOR BRAVERY. DIED OF INFLUENZA, SHORTLY AFTER THE WAR ENDED, ON 27/11/1918, AGED 35. HE IS BURIED AT ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, SOMME, FRANCE
HIS BROTHER EDWARD ALEX PRINGLE WAS HIS NEXT OF KIN AND LIVED AT 1 PRESTON ROAD, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS).
First name:
WILLIAM EDWARD
Military Number:
60344
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/11/1918
Place died:
Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
35
1 , PRESTON ROAD, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
